Summary: In This Episode: A mostly seasonal segment for No Longer Weird. Then, it seems like just a funny story, but a crusty donation to a food bank maybe isn’t so charitable after all, and — when you think about it — demonstrates the value of thinking about your actions before doing.<br><br> <br> Jump To…<br> <br> * <a href="#notes">Show Notes</a><br> * <a href="#subscribe">How to Subscribe</a><br> * <a href="#feedback">How to Comment</a><br> * <a href="#transcript">Episode Transcript</a><br> * <a href="https://thisistrue.com/category/podcasts/">List of All Episodes</a><br> <br> <a name="notes"></a><br> Show Notes<br> <br> * No Longer Weird: burglars falling through the ceiling, or trying to break in via the chimney or stove vent. The story, from the <a href="http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/crime/article174882671.html">Columbus, Georgia, Ledger-Enquirer</a>.<br> * And the new collection of <a href="https://thisistrue.com/no-longer-weird/">No Longer Weird stories</a> on this site.<br> * In case you wonder, “git” is a British word that means obliviot.<br> * If you have an intruder-via-chimney story, tell us about it in the Comments below.<br> <br> <a name="subscribe"></a><br> How to Subscribe<br> Search for Uncommon Sense in your podcast app or on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/id1259380128">iTunes</a>, or manually enter this feed URL into your app: https://thisistrue.com/feed/podcast<br> Also available via <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixj6haluiswf4e5wiw4qksmlzni?t%3DUncommon_Sense:_the_This_is_True_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16">Google Play</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast-1496500">PlayerFM</a>, <a href="https://beta.tunein.com/radio/Uncommon-Sense-the-This-is-True-Podcast-p1015540/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://podfanatic.com/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Podfanatic</a>, <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/channels/4508232/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast//">ListenNotes</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1259380128/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Overcast</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147364&refid=stpr">Stitcher</a> — and, presumably, more to come.<br><br> <a name="feedback"></a><br> Comments and Questions?<br> Your comments on this episode are welcome below. Questions can be added there, sent via this site’s <a href="https://thisistrue.com/contact/">Contact Page</a>, or tweeted to <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsTrue">@ThisIsTrue</a>.<br> <a name="transcript"></a><br> Transcript<br> Randy: Welcome to Uncommon Sense, the Podcast companion to the thisistrue.com newsletter with the mission to promote more thinking in the world. I’m Randy Cassingham.<br> Clare: And I’m Clare Angelica.<br> Randy: As we round the corner into the final stretch before The Holiday Season, I want to get something out of the way.<br> Clare: What’s that?<br> Randy: Another segment in No Longer Weird! And that’s when a burglar or other intruder falls out of ceiling, surprising victims below, or getting stuck in the ceiling, chimney, or vent and begging for help from the people inside. …Or, sometimes, not being found stuck in a restaurant stove vent for weeks, months, or even years.<br> Clare: So they found a corpse?<br> Randy: Yeah.<br> Clare: Ooh!<br> Randy: That’s happened more than once.<br> Clare: Oh my god! Oh, those poor people.<br> Randy: Well, they are burglars.<br> Clare: That’s true. I mean…<br> Randy: So you know: screw ’em!<br> Clare: Starvation and dehydration.<br> Randy: Yeah, not a very good way to go when you get down to it. Plus it’s probably really hot, and greasy, and ehhhh…. But you know,
